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What did you say? "pass the peas and I'm dropping out of college"?

No, I said, "pass the peas, please. And I have withdrawn from college."

She said "please." pass her the peas.

I believe we paid for four years of college.

Since I finished college, I can count. You attended three.

- Yes, ma'am. I'm gonna skip the fourth. - Is that right? You got a job?

-Sort of. -The line between "sort of" and "yes" don't meet in the middle.

Do you have a job?

I will. She will.

You got a memory? Or did you lose that with your common sense?

I recall you coming home from school, wanting to drop out.

- You made us a deal. - Yes, and the deal was I'd try.

I'll try means I'll fail.

You know that. Is that what we're looking at?

Are you gonna sit there and eat or are you gonna talk to this wild child?

She seems opposed to dialogue.

You have one more year. You'll have a degree.

You can choose whatever you-- I made my choice, mom.

She's enlisted.

If I were you, I'd clean my plate.

She's not ready. She isn't?

- Or you aren't? - There's a war, jonas.

You've lived your life in the military.

I thought you'd be prepared for this, time came.

I wasn't prepared the first day she went to kindergarten.

I wasn't prepared...

First time she got her heart broken.

- Fix it. - Wouldn't if I could.

You want your daughter to go to war?

What I want is my daughter to tackle...

Whatever she decides to do with commitment and honor.

As a military wife, I am proud my husband serves this country,

But there's a big disconnection between military wife...

And mother of a kid who just signed up.

- She's not ready. - She thinks she is.

- What do you think?

What's wrong with the army?

You can leave college.

You can't sit up one day in the army and say,

"you know, I want to go home."

She's grown, darlin'.

And she has left home.

Leave it. I said, sir, walk away.

- All our personal information-- - does it matter if the next paper is your obituary?

This building was hit by a bomb two days ago. Yeah, one bus.

People have been stuck here. Sick. Terrified. Transporting eight souls.

- Eight souls plus my team. - Unable to make contact with their loved ones.

And you and your men show up, order us to leave!

We can't take any of our-- mr. Ambassador, sir!

Would you have rather waited longer? State department did nothing!

Why didn't they evacuate us, transport us out of here when this thing first happened?

You couldn't get out. The army couldn't get in.

Chopper couldn't take off. Bad weather. Too much firepower on the ground.

You think we were sitting at the 7-eleven next door?

We had to muster up, fly in, parachute in four miles away,

Hike in here, not get our asses shot off, so we could get your asses out.

We are your last line of defense, sir. We are the cavalry.

Do you want out of abidjan? A safe ride home?

- Of course I do! - Good. While I organize a way to get you out of here,

You'd best have a chat with your husband.

Edward-- don't tell me what to do.

Stay calm. Their shells are now falling way beyond the embassy.

Evac bus is almost ready.

Unless you've been otherwise directed to,

Please make your way to the designated upstairs safe area.

Will you abandon all of us?

Will you abandon us for not being american?

We have a list.

I'm sure that will console the dead.

It's moving northeast. If it's over, we can stay.

Mr. Ambassador, you stay, we cannot guarantee your safety.

Edward, you stay if you want, but I am telling you, I am going with these men.

You'd leave me here? I'd listen to sgt. Black, whom you are attacking...

and accusing of abandoning us when he came here to help.

Sweetie-- yeah?

- Uh, 1100 hours, three or four miles out. Hold one. - Let it go.

All right. Listen to me.

Insurgents intercept us, ask if you're with the american embassy, you say no,

It's gonna be dandy when they find your business card in your pocket.

Give me your passports, all your personal I.D.

Go.

- Uh, I'm figuring 1330 latest at the pickup point. - This is not important.

You get the truck. Transpo you to the water. All right. Roger.

Now stick right on my tail. Make me happy.

I'll meet you, dirt diver, our packages. Shouldn't he come with us?

He's making sure no one comes after us.

- Don't be long. - I'm not on time, I won't be coming.

Stay below the windows. The insurgents do not want those native to abidjan.

They want the americans. We gotta hustle.

We can't just leave all the locals here.

They're not at risk once we're gone.

Some of them were hurt in the bombings.

The insurgents will let in medical care once they know we're not here.

I have a girlfriend. We all have a girlfriend.

Gotta wrap it up, mr. Kapp.

Godspeed, all of you.

You do whatever they say to do, you hear me?

I know this isn't a video game. Okay, dad?

Yo, bets. Yo, betsy.

Hey, ladybug. Hang up, could you?

Gotta go, suze. My dad.

- I was on the phone. - I can see.

Just wanted to spend some time with you before you went off to basic.

Let's take a drive. I just got up!

Car works before noon. Humor me.

Leave 'em. You won't need it.

Put 'em all on. Dad?

I said put 'em on.

Get out of the car.

It's like 110 degrees. It's even hotter when you're hiking.

You don't expect me to go hiking?

Camp is three miles down this way.

Follow the road. Expect to see you there.

Edgard! Hey, he works with me. Can he come?

Sorry. No can do. Get moving! Yeah, but he's a friend of mine.

This is not just about you. It's about your s--

God!

Just when everything was going so well.

There's our pony. We're gonna ride it out of here nice and easy.

Clippity-clop. My mates bring the others.

August o'neill. My wife, alice, will be back soon.

She has our daughter. They're inside the embassy.

No time for sightseeing. The stress. Her milk dried up.

Eva's only six months old. She went to find evaporated milk.

- You better hope there's a cow in the lobby. - Head count?

- Save two, his wife and kid. - You board last. It's the longest we can wait.

Maddy shelette. I'm ambassador blashek's secretary.

Maddy, were you able to salvage any-- that's enough.

- Don't listen to him. - This'll probably go belly up before it makes it 10 miles.

We only need two. Ellis kapp and jamie kapp.

Ambassador blashek, mrs. Blashek on board.

- Mr. O'neill? - I gotta wait for my family.

- I don't, sir. Please get on the bus. - I'll find 'em and catch up.

Whenever my mates ask you to do anything, please comply.

- Open the gate. - I'll swing in, you're moving.

- Stay low, stay quiet, stay calm.

Come on. Move over. You flood this thing, I don't got time to call aaa.

You're a good, good bus.

You are the prettiest bus I've ever seen.

If you were a woman, I'd make you my own. Yes, I would.

Go!

- we hit an I.E.D.! Out!

Everybody out! Get off the bus!

Everybody out! Go, go, go!

Get away! Move down the fence line!

help!

Where's maddy?

Help! Help me!

Help!

Help me!

You have to get out of the road. She's got a fiancé back in the states.

- Help! Help! - Please come with me. Okay?

- Maddy. Maddy. - Help! Help!

- She gonna be okay? - I can't see. I can't see. I can't.

I can't see.

Get the compresses on.

Rendezvous is at 1330.

We gotta get off this road!

We're going through the field.

Grab her.

Lean on me. I got you.

That way. Let's move. Come on.

All of you single file on me. Indian-style, one line.

Where are we going? Wait for the others. Wait for the others.

Let's move. Let's move. Let's go.

All right.

Come on! We're moving too slow!

- Get back in line! What are you doing? Hey! - It's open!

Get in line!

There they are.

Do not move.

What was his name? That man.

We didn't even know his name!

Everybody out, my side now.

Keep your heads down. Keep your heads down.

Behind that tanker, go!

Down!

Hammerhead, I've got resistance.

You all might want to hold still.

We are in the middle of a minefield.

You happy now?

It took you two hours to walk three miles? What'd you do?

Stop and reapply your makeup? This isn't funny.

You got that right. This is serious business.

How you get where you get, how fast you get there.

A statute mile is 5,280 feet.

63,360 inches.

Should take 2,000 steps to walk a mile.

Means you had to take 6,000 steps.

Person should be able to walk a mile in 12 minutes.

It took you 120 to do what you should be able to do in 35.

- So? - So you're either lazy or out of shape.

- You lazy? - No, I'm hungry.

You know how to shoot. Go rustle up some grub.

This camp isn't gonna be big enough for-- excuse me. No, no, no.

This hooch is mine.

In your rucksack, you got a canteen. It's empty.

But I bet you you can find a water source.

You also got a poncho and a knife.

Oh, yeah, and, uh, there are rocks all over here.

All the basics for building yourself a hooch.

So I suggest you get up a move on so you get it all done.

Sun's going down.

You hesitate, it goes down sooner because it feels offended.

I make it 1145, which only gives us about an hour and 15 to traverse this lot.

I'm willing to go on ahead. I'll go.

Do that, probably be the last thing you ever do. You're 17 years old.

You can't do anything. Mines are not our only problem.

There are rebels out there.

Seeing us moseying across the space, it's gonna make their week...

To cut off our ears and show 'em to the folks back home.

Mr. White? What I tell you will be precisely what you do.

And what I tell you to do ain't no request.

Maddy, I gotta help probe. So I can't assist you.

If you can carry maddy, great.

If you can't, put her feet on yours.

Like when you danced with your daddy when you were a little girl.

Don't move! Not a step!

But we gotta get outta here fast.

The only way is slow and careful. The line.

The line you're in now is one you hold. Not right, not left.

The man says one step, one step it is.

You're a duck. Your mama's leading the way...

And you do what she says exactly as she says it.

We need more probes-- wood, if possible.

Any of you have something we can use as a probe?

Ruler? Stick?

I got a pen.

Good. Pass it forward to the ambassador.

You, hold on to maddy.

Relay it hand over shoulder. Don't turn around.

Don't shift your weight.

I have a nail file. When I-- we gave parties. I-- I always wanted my nails to--

- Beth! I don't think they care how you wanted to look! - Thank you, mrs. Blashek.

You hold onto that. I'm sure it'll be of use.

We can't just stand here.

They are gonna see us and kill us eventually.

You rather do it to yourself right now?

You got guard duty.

But climb it. Don't just stand next to it.

What? You afraid you're gonna break a nail?

Afraid I'll cut my hands. Don't want an infection in the woods now, do I?

You're smart.

You're so smart, do you know what kind of mean critters are indigenous to this area?

Spiders. You gotta worry about tarantulas, black widows, brown recluses.

All cunning little bastards. And, of course, there's snakes.

Forty-six species and subspecies live around here.

Five varieties of vipers. Worst of them is a rattlesnake.

But all vipers got vertical slit pupils, not horizontal.

- That's how you'll know. - Yeah, but I don't expect to see one up close.

Turn it over. Expect to see one.

Stay alert.

All right. Road's blocked. We're gonna have to go by foot.

To the rendezvous point? No. Our job is to help those people.

We're all they got.

Now the fools out there, they got twitchy trigger fingers.

They find those folks, they'll pick 'em off.

I'm not gonna let my wife-- it's a minefield, mr. O'neill.

Those people are trapped. Look, it's a catch-22.

If they stay in that field, they could get shot. They move wrong, they step on a mine.

Our job is to keep them out of everyone's sight.

What about the cost to us? Yeah. There could be a cost to everyone.

But first, we gotta help ourselves. Create diversions.

keep the bad guys focused on us.

Lure the shooters towards us. Towards us?

If we appear to be a threat, they won't have time to get to our mates.

That'll give those folks time to get out.

Look. We're gonna use that car to create a diversion.

you ever use one of these?

All right. You got a trigger finger you can use it. Just point and shoot.

There'll be a recoil, but it won't hurt you.

All right, anyone advances on you or you see anyone coming after us, shoot him.

Come with me. I'm not gonna leave my wife and child.

It's buddy call. You and me are going swimming, pal.

Take this. Gus, do it.

Grab anything you can outta that car that's gonna give us some smoke.

You?

I'm gonna pretend I work at a gas station and do a little tinkering.

On my go.

Go!

You first. Gus! Go!

All of you not probing, keep watch.

Start under your feet, tool in your palm.

Palm up. Gently slide it in on a diagonal into the ground.

Probe in a six-inch direction all around you.

If you feel resistance, stop.

Call out. Mark that spot with a circle in the dirt.

Even if you think you're clear, do not take a step.

We make that call.

Aren't they all the same size?

Technology of murder's pretty creative.

Could be six inches across. Maybe two.

It could be booby-trapped, another mine under it.

So you disarm it? No. We avoid 'em.

- Are there mines bigger than six inches? - Jamie, stop asking questions.

They're good questions. We should all know them.

Yup, it's this big around.

It's for tanks. Your worries are over.

Why don't you sit down right here. I'm gonna help them.

No! Look where she was about to sit.

It's a bounding mine. Look closer.

You see those four prongs surrounding that little piece of steel?

It's a bouncing betty.

You put your fanny on that, it goes off, it kills everybody within 30 feet.

Look, a natural born leader I know that you are, mr. Kapp.

But a good leader knows how to surround himself with great advisers and take their advice.

- You follow? - Yeah, I do. I do.

You're her eyes and your eyes.

Use the flare.

Get outta here!

Follow me. Run.

Dirt diver, hammerhead, it's cool breeze.

Turn around. I'm at your 2:00.

what's your status?

- I got the family and I got the gist. What do you need? - Probes.

Yeah, I think we can handle that.

Harvest time.

you're dead three times over.

You got bit by a venomous spider. You fell out of the tree.

-The enemy heard you scream, picked you off. -There's no enemy out here, dad.

There's no enemy in boot camp either--

You don't count the drill instructor trained to get you ready for any scenario.

- Just hold on. I ain't having no fun here either. - I think you're having a ball.

Is that so? Yeah. You're just trying to discourage me,

Get me to wash out here so I won't go!

Or I'll be so whipped, I'll wash out there! It won't work!

Miss elizabeth blane, nobody knows better than me that you won't wash out.

-Then why are you putting me through this? -This ain't about passing basic.

This is about making you the best you can be while you're going through it...

So it don't hit you so hard.

This here is the meetin' before the meetin'.

Be all that you can be.

This time stay awake.

When I get them, hand 'em to the person in front of me.

That person takes one out, passes the bundle front.

Ready!

Ncaa tournament 1992, duke versus kentucky, 2.1 seconds left.

And laettner hits a 17-footer with no time left on the clock.

Duke, 104 to 103.

- Hey, jamie. Heads up. I said pass it forward.

- It just tore away from me. - Maddy?

- come get me.

- Maddy.

- Come get me. - Look, the mine hurt your leg.

I can't get to you. You gotta stop the bleeding.

I can't see. I don't know where I am.

Take your belt off now.

- maddy, tommy's waiting for you at home.

You can do this.

You gotta take your belt, feel your left leg. It's wet. That's blood.

It's not serious.

Come on. Pull your belt off!

Okay. All right.

Now take your belt and wrap it around your leg above your knee.

come on.

Keep trying.

Okay, now squeeze the belt. Pull the belt tight.

Now you feel that? The bleeding stopped.

You know we can't. It's too late.

hey, look at your baby. Look at eva.

Maddy! It's a bunch of idiots.

Okay, it's a bunch of idiots. Faces we'll never see. A country in turmoil. Wages of war.

Stupidity killed her.

Hey! I need you to focus and look at your baby.

There you go. Okay.

I-I-- I didn't think.

You got that right. So now you can help probe.

This woman's death is nothing to you?

Every death is something to me!

There's four of you here. There's three more of you out there!

Counting us, that makes 10!

That's 10 more deaths that I don't want to count on my rosary when I get home!

Now, everybody, carefully probe!

All right, follow me. Stay down.

Sit here. You. Okay.

I need you to pull the pin and throw this in the direction I throw.

Come on.

Wait for it.

Now!

I said pull the pin.

Do something.

- They all dead? - No. One's still coming. I'm gonna circle around.

Lure him towards you. You fire the second I start running.

Hey! Man-up.

This guy sees me and nails my ass, he'll barrel right through you to your family.

That'll be on your head.

- Take it. Fire. Now!

That's the name of that song.

Feel for it. Close your eyes. Use your hands.

- Rocks will talk to you. I got something.

- Use it.

Whoa!

- I'm okay. - Want me to come down to get you?

- No! I can do this! - Look. It's hot. You're tired. Your knees are rubbed raw.

Just choose! Do you want me to be the best or do you want me to quit?

-Ain't nothing to be but the best. -Then coach me, don't coddle me!

It's not in your arms. It's in your head.

It's all about the rock.

Solve the puzzle of climbing the wall.

I shot. My hands were sweaty. The gun fell out of my hands.

I didn't drop it. I didn't freeze.

Psychologically, whatever we do, there's always motive behind it.

Forget to lock the door, we didn't want it locked.

You're okay, something inside gets stolen.

You drop a gun,

Didn't want to use it.

I don't want my family hurt! What do you expect?

You bring 'em to abidjan, the most dangerous place on earth.

You think it was gonna be a vacation? You think they wouldn't be at risk?

I don't know what I was thinking.

- I didn't want you and eva in danger. - Hey, come here.

I got friends in that lot. And you got colleagues out in the open.

We got a rendezvous less than an hour away and we only have that hour to help!

We miss that window and we're all screwed.

So, buddy, you better figure out real fast what you're capable of and what you're willing to do,

Because I'm not gonna carry your ass for another second.

You understand me?

What's my time? You don't count the mishaps, 47 minutes.

- How long should it take? - Experienced climber, 15.

Gonna do it again.

you got enough gas in the tank?

What's after the best? Second best.

- Wouldn't want to do that. - Of course not.

you're moving nicely, baby.

Put me on the clock. You're on it.

We tie one end to the grenade,

Then we wrap the line around something stationary.

A tree-- in our case, a pole.

We tie the other end across the other side of the street.

We anchor the can. Can I have the can, please?

All right.

Anchor the can, slide the grenade in,

And carefully pull the pin.

Can will do what your hand would've. Holds the spoon down.

Someone trips the line, pops the grenade out, unleashes the spoon. Kapow.

What if they're firing as they're coming towards us? What if? They will be. Come on.

Time. 25 minutes.

you're done.

Could a man do it better? Argument exists.

Men are built different.

Muscular-skeletal systems incline them to be better climbers.

On the other hand, women do better at high altitudes.

- I'm sorry? - You did a fine job.

- Could a man do it better? - Baby girl, that's a losing fight.

What do you care what a man can do? What can you do?

You can slow down your breathing. You can take longer to exhale.

I wouldn't trade you in for any son in this world.

And I think you're gonna be one hell of a soldier.

Smile.

You thirsty or just crazy? I did some scrounging.

Found a few gas cans, some oil, even an old tin of turpentine.

Figured we could use some insurance.

Worst thing about me, I'm a smoker.

You ready? No.

Shoot!

Black!

You need to have a nic fit more often.

Molotov cocktail's a great idea. What took you so long?

I got stuck. Biggest decision I ever made in my life was where to go for dinner.

I could only think in the way I've thought all my life. There was no outside the box.

It's an outside the box situation all right. Yeah. Figured that one out.

Getting slapped around may have helped.

Dirt diver, we're gonna come around the quiet side of the lot,

Meet up at the transpo truck.

Let's go get your family.

Your bandana's wet. You bleeding through?

Nope. I doused it in some canteen water.

Found some evening primrose for the swelling.

Cattail for the cuts. Who taught you about medicinal plants?

My daddy taught me when I was young.

I seem to recall. My personal best, fire-starting, 30 seconds.

Oh, was that how long it took you to shoot and skin the hot dog too?

You being nice to me now? I'm always nice.

Got an extra dog here. You want it? Uh-uh.

Got a bigger fire. Not now you don't.

Grunt, get your butt over here.

Permission to sit, sergeant major? R&r. An order.

Had these in the back of the truck.

I ever tell you about that time in khartoum?

Carlito decided to-- take the spider home to the states.

How about the caribbean, 1989? Your appendix burst. You were diving.

Seems I told you lots of stories.

What is it you want to hear?

All of it, papa.

You said you'd come save us. You walked us into this lot!

Get the hell down!

What'd you do? You got a girl killed.

Left you out there, you would've died in the embassy,

Out in the street, or running across this lot!

We have a 14-year-old daughter in switzerland in school.

Elena. It'll be okay.

We'll get you reunited. It's our job.

Step! All right. Let's skirt the perimeter.

Step!

They ain't done.

So orion's belt. It's the only one you taught me.

I taught you more than that. Don't remember.

Reach for it.

Big dipper.

- Pole star. - Big dipper's below the horizon.

What's on the other side?

Cass-- cassie--

Cassiopeia.

Lady in the chair.

The big "w."

What happened in algiers?

Ranger's creed.

"leave no man behind." I know. You couldn't get to him without endangering everyone else,

And he was dying, right?

Yeah. He wouldn't have made it.

But it was algiers.

They're the masters of torture.

Imagine if someone asked you what your major accomplishment was in life,

And you said, "I invented the most inhumane torture techniques."

What a legacy.

They'd found him alive in that minefield,

They'd have put him through hell before they killed him.

So you-- what?

Did what I had to. You shot him.

As I'd hoped they'd do for me.

That act of grace.

- Get down!

Hey, we are 20 feet from safety. I say we run for it.

No. Slow and steady wins the race. We have a woman here!

You have a son here!

They're heading for us.

We are just about out of time. And I am out of patience.

Toe popper! Lot of good you've done us or your kid!

There is heroic and there is stupid, and you keep choosing stupid!

I am not gonna die for you!

And I am not gonna sacrifice these people that have come this far already!

Look at your son! Look at him!

Brave kid! No trouble, not one step of the way!

That's heroism! Now we are gonna probe the rest of the way...

Just as carefully as when we came in!

- My mates and I are gonna get you out of here if you listen!

"our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth--"

It's ours!

move! Move! Pershing! Jones! Get up front!

Find those mines! Our ride's here.

Expedite!

- Call it out. - Sixty-three, 64.

-Lock those elbows, you come up. -How long we gonna be doing these?

- Until I get tired. - Dad. Dad, don't move.

What? Throws you off? I didn't say stop.

- Vertical split pupils.

You signed up to be a regular grunt, right?

Yeah. Start out just like my dad. Work my way up.

You can do better.

You got it in you to be a leader.

You're a leader. Yes, I am.

- But you're officer material. - I don't want to be a gut-eater, pushing papers.

Nah. There's more to it than that.

If you're an officer, you can make changes, live better.

Make a difference. Be your boss.

Oh, let's not engage in fantasy.

Look, you saved my life. Which means I owe you.

So I'm gonna give you a gift it's taken me 25 years to learn.

- Well, I hope it's expensive. - It's expensive you don't learn it.

I'm gonna teach you how to say good-bye to your mother...

Without getting an emotional frying pan upside your head.

No one knows what they're made of faced with a test. You should be proud of him.

He passed with flying colors. I am.

Maybe you should tell him.

Here. Give me your wallet.

I saw you take it when you left home.

Eight miles to the nearest town, euclid.

You know your cardinal points? Uh, north, east, south, west.

Good. All right.

Due north, two miles, follow this road.

Then turn to 35 degrees the rest of the way. All right.

See you there. Not likely.

I'm going home, and that's 18 miles beyond euclid.

- How am I supposed to make it all that way with no money? - I can think of four ways. Hmm.

Thievin', hookin', hikin' and thinkin'.

See you when you get home.

Where should she be by now? Euclid.

Trying to find a way to get a lift here. She'll be along.

You leave our daughter in the middle of nowhere, 26 miles from home.

You want me to brush my teeth, hop into bed, no worries?

You can worry if you want to. I'm going to bed.

Don't expect anything in that arena.

I'd have been here faster, but selling your body takes up a lot of time.

And why is that?

Well, you need a marketing plan, a decision tree, like any business.

I am so glad you dropped out of college.

Good night, blane women.

Baby, let me make you something to eat, get you some fresh--

Oh, you know what, ma?

When dad gives me back my money, how about I take you out to dinner?

We can rent a scary, jumpie-outie movie,

Curl up on the couch, and just be one with nature.

How'd you get back so soon? Hitchhiking.

Isn't that a little dangerous? Not if you're armed.

- I stole dad's gun out of his rucksack. - Does he know you took it?

I assume so.

So, what did you learn in the woods?

I'm gonna like the army.